In this week's global legislative roundup, California’s attorney general announced the Office of Administrative Law approved the final regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act. The U.S. Department of Commerce and European Commission announced last week that they initiated discussions "to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework," and Ontario’s provincial government announced its intention to seek public input on "creating a legislative framework for privacy in the province’s private sector."
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In an op-ed for Arabian Business, Pinsent Masons Middle East Financial Services Partner Thomas Bicknell explains what businesses need to do to get ready for the Oct. 1 implementation date of Dubai's Data Protection Law.
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Egypt approved a new law to protect the identity of women who come forward to report incidents of sexual assault, Reuters reports.
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The Philippines National Privacy Commission said the country's Data Privacy Act does not interfere with contract-tracing efforts.
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ICYMI
In this piece for Privacy Perspectives, Mills Oakley Digital Law Partner Alec Christie and Senior Associate Andrea Mitchell explain the ISO/ICE 27701 framework and how it could potentially be used in the post-"Schrems II" era to continue data transfers in Australia.
Canada, as well as how the country's adequacy standing with the EU may factor into the future.
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Ontario’s provincial government announced Aug. 13 its intention to seek public input on "creating a legislative framework for privacy in the province’s private sector." Karbaliotis explains why the significance of Ontario's review should not be understated.
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The Shanghai Supervision Bureau of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission announced 1 million CYN fines respectively to two Chinese banks that failed to properly protect consumers' personal information.
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TechCrunch reports a spokeswoman for the French data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, confirmed the regulator has been actively investigating a complaint against TikTok since May.
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The Norwegian DPA, Datatilsynet, intends to ask the International Baccalaureate Organization to review awarded grades after finding unfair data processing resulted in inaccuracies.
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CANADA
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published its "Privacy Guide for Businesses."
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CARIBBEAN
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean will review data protection laws in select Caribbean countries to assess how they align with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the Jamaica Observer reports.
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EUROPE
Nonprofit organization The Privacy Collective is suing Oracle and Salesforce for alleged violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Euronews reports.
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The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office announced the Age Appropriate Design Code has completed the Parliamentary process.
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US
In a post for Lawfare, Georgetown University European Law Professor Kenneth Propp and Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire, CIPP/US, explain how individual redress could be addressed in the wake of the "Schrems II" decision on EU-U.S. data transfers.
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Californians for Consumer Privacy highlights a "one-way ratchet" within the California Privacy Rights Act that would allow the California Legislature to amend the law.
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Nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog announced its support for the California Privacy Rights Act ballot initiative.
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Maine's privacy law, which took force Aug. 1, still doesn't have a clear enforcement scheme, The Portland Press Herald reports.
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New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled police can force suspects to provide their phone passwords, TechCrunch reports.
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The Association of National Advertisers opposes potential security regulations for financial institutions that are being discussed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, MediaPost reports.
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